A WEST Devon hotel has been been announced as the winner of Europe's best relaxation retreat and World's best relaxation retreat at the World Boutique Hotel Awards 2014.

The outstanding winners were announced at the glittering awards ceremony held at the Montcalm Hotel, Marble Arch, London.

Hotel Endsleigh was described as 'one of South West England's most spellbinding boutique hotels'.

Bought by renowned hotelier Olga Polizzi, and lovingly restored to its Regency-era splendour, the Endsleigh Hotel has 16 suites and stunning 108-acre grounds. Its garden was designed by Humphry Repton in 1814 with boulder-constructed caverns, follies, hermit-like grottos and babbling streams.

The World Boutique Hotel Awards is the only international awards scheme exclusively dedicated to recognizing unique excellence among luxury boutique hotels.